"Cui Shangshu recommended you as the governor of Qingzhou, do you have anything to say?" Lin Nan finished looking at it and asked.

Xiao Ji immediately said: "Your Majesty, the criminal minister will definitely live up to his high expectations and govern Qingzhou well." ”

"You're welcome, I haven't said I've appointed you yet!"

"So, the minister has to fight for it." He replied.

"Hehe, I like this answer of yours, Xiao Ji, do you say that there is an exciting egg in this world, or is there an exciting egg first?" Lin Nan suddenly asked without warning.

Xiao Ji was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, why would Lin Nan ask such a strange question. He remained silent, thought for a while, and asked, "Your Majesty, dare to ask if there are existing men or existing women in this world?" ”

Lin Nan was stunned, but he didn't expect Xiao Ji to kick the ball back. However, in this way, he can also realize that Xiao Ji is not an incompetent person, otherwise, why would people like Yuan Shao treat Xiao Ji as a guest, and why would Cui Yan strongly recommend it.

He smiled and said, "Lord Xiao is really humorous, I will give you a three-month probationary period, and you will temporarily replace the governor of Qingzhou, and after three months, if you can't make any achievements, I will cut off your head!" ”

Xiao Ji said: "No, no, three months is too short, give half a year, after half a year, Qingzhou will inevitably be very different from now." ”

"Okay, it doesn't hurt to have three more months, it's just the season when the crops are ripe, and when the time comes, if you don't have any political achievements, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Obey the order!"

"Kong Zhang, draft the holy decree, appoint Liao Hua, the general of Zhennan, to serve as the prefect of Hongnong, and Xiao Ji to serve as the prefect of Qingzhou!" Lin Nanlang shouted.

Sitting in the corner of the main hall, the secretary Lang Chen Lin began to draft the holy decree.

Lin Nan cleared his throat and said loudly: "Since all the ministers are here. Then I announced one thing, from then on, the Huaxia Kingdom will hold a imperial examination every three years, and the imperial examination will start in March every year, and the first year will be a unified examination in each province. In the second year, examinations are held in the states, and in the third year, those who pass the examinations in the states will be examined, and the examinations will be conducted by me myself, and the Wenju and Wuju will be held at the same time. In addition, I have drawn up a five-year plan, and within five years, the state capitals will concentrate on governing the localities. The armies trained their soldiers. ”

"Your Ministers obey!"

"Bing Shangshu, when I was not yet on the throne in August, I issued a census order, and as a household secretary, it has been several months now, has the national population census been completed?" Lin Nan asked again.

"Qi Yu Xià, the minister is about to make it clear to His Majesty, and now the census has come to an end. The total population of Huaxia is 13,670,348, of which Youzhou has a total population of more than 4 million. It is the most in the country. ”

"More than 10 million people, according to the conscription policy of ten to one, our country should be able to expand its army to one million. However, now that the chaos has just calmed down, it is not easy to recruit troops on a large scale, so let's openly recruit 200,000 recruits in Youzhou and Jizhou. In order to make up for the lack of military strength in the Huaxia State. The specific relevant matters are written by the Senate and the Privy Council, and then provoked to me for approval. ”

"No!"

"Then, let's retreat." After Lin Nan finished speaking, he turned around and left. Don't look back.

Jia Xu was overjoyed when he saw Lin Nan leaving, and secretly thought: "Only in this way can the emperor have the courage to restrict the imperial power, it is simply nonsense!" ”

As soon as Lin Nan walked out of the main hall with his front foot, Jia Xu followed out with his hind foot and shouted: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to do!" ”

"What's the matter?" Lin Nan turned around and saw that it was Jia Xu, so he asked with a smile.

Jia Xu walked up to Lin Nan and said, "Your Majesty, today is the minister's forty-third birthday, and your majesty is specially holding a banquet in the mansion, and I want to invite your majesty to the cold house......"

Lin Nan said: "Oh? Since it's the birthday of Lord Taiwei, it's natural to go. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty will go back and prepare, and welcome Your Majesty in the cold house at night."

"Well, okay, is there anything else going on with Lord Lieutenant?"

"It's gone."

"Okay, then I'll go back and rest first, and we'll see you in the evening."

"Your Majesty sends your majesty to Xià."

Lin Nan turned to leave, the smile on his face suddenly became gloomy, his brows gradually wrinkled, he glanced at Jia Xu from the corner of his eye, and thought to himself: "What kind of medicine is sold in this Jia Peel Gourd?" It was his birthday last month, so I thought I couldn't remember......"

Jia Xu didn't say it, and Lin Nan couldn't guess it, so he could only take advantage of the situation, and he would know when he went to Jia Xu's mansion at night.

However, for Lin Nan, although Jia Xu's methods are vicious, he will never do anything to be sorry, so he doesn't have to worry so much, and goes straight back to the palace to visit his two sons.

The harem of Huaxia Kingdom is not big, it can be said that although the entire palace has been expanded, half of it has been moved out by Lin Nan, and the palace is divided into two parts, only the front hall and the harem. The front hall is the Shenzhou Wuji Palace, which is specially responsible for dealing with the major affairs of the court, and there are eleven side halls in the Shenzhou Wuji Palace, which are used by the Senate, the Privy Council and the nine Shangshu to work, that is to say, the government affairs and military affairs of the entire Huaxia Kingdom are all gathered in the Shenzhou Wuji Palace.

There are a total of thirteen halls in the Shenzhou Wuji Palace, lined up in a straight line, the center is the Wuji Palace, which is the place where the emperor and the ministers hold court meetings, and the remaining eleven rooms are the office places of various dignitaries, and the other vacant one is the heart palace for the ministers to rest, everyone is tired of the office, and they go to the heart palace to rest for a while, 9 to 5, and also take two days off, and the whole modern eight-hour work system is set in.

However, once the emperor wants to hold a meeting, the ministers must be with him, at least not for half an hour. Therefore, the official residences of these ministers are not far from the palace, and they are all half of the palace vacated by Lin Nan, which is used as an official residence for them, narrowing the jurisdiction of the original palace.

The area of the harem is slightly larger than that of the Shenzhou Wuji Palace, but the entire harem is full of palace maids, basically there are no eunuchs, and there are no guards, that is to say, Lin Nan and his two sons are the only men in the entire harem.

Eunuch, this word will be far away from the system of the Huaxia Kingdom, and the harem is not allowed to participate in politics, which is also clearly stipulated. Women can be in the army and participate in politics, but they are rare in the entire Chinese national political system. At least apart from the existing women's army, there are no more women. It can be said that it is still a long, long process to truly achieve equality between men and women.

Lin Nan returned to the harem and first visited the queen Cai Yan and his eldest son Lin Qi. After staying for a while, he went to visit the noble concubine Diao Chan, of course, his daughter Lin Tingcheng and his youngest son Lin Lin, and stayed at Diao Chan at noon.

After lunch, her daughter and son fell asleep, Lin Nan sat on the couch with Diao Chan in her arms, and said softly: "Cicada, you have been wronged." ”

Diao Chan knew what Lin Nan was talking about, and she also understood it in her heart. The choice of the queen, Lin Nan is not sincere, but sometimes he has to do that, people in the rivers and lakes, there is always a time when he can't help himself, and it is the same when he becomes an emperor, some things are not up to you at all. She has lived in the deep palace for a long time. The deep court struggle is sinister, so there is no quarrel with the world. In her opinion, as long as her man cares about herself and loves herself at all times, it is better than anything else.

She shook her head and said, "As long as the emperor has a concubine in his heart, the concubine will be satisfied." ”

Lin Nan smiled. A gentle kiss on Diao's forehead.

Diao Chan snuggled in Lin Nan's arms, and after a while, he felt the qi and blood surging in his body, and he couldn't help but want to vomit, so he hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand.

Lin Nan is not an idiot. He knew very well that this was an obvious pregnancy reaction, with a hint of joy on his face, and after Diao Chan recovered his calm, he hugged Diao Chan's waist from behind, and said in a harmonious voice: "Cicada, it seems that you are going to have another child again." ”

Diao Chan smiled but did not answer, snuggled in Lin Nan's arms, looking very content.

Lin Nan said: "No, I have to ask Zhang Zhongjing to prescribe some prescriptions for you to have a safe fetus, but you can't start the fetal gas." Also, you are pregnant again now, Lin Lin don't bring it, I'll take it. ”

"陛xià...... Majesty Xià wants to take Lin'er? Diao Chan said in surprise.

"Why are you so surprised? Can't men have children? Besides, Lin Lin is my son, I don't take it, who will? ”

"But...... But Lin'er wants to eat your ......"

"That's so troublesome, the concubine is not particularly powerful now, let Lin'er stay with the concubine for a few more months, and when the concubine's belly grows, it's not too late to hand it over to Your Majesty."

Lin Nan thought about it and felt that what he said made sense, he is now an emperor, and he has a lot of opportunities, and it is really inappropriate to have a child by his side. It's better not to eat you, but if you eat you, if he is not in Jicheng, will he really starve the child.

"Okay, when you can't bring it, leave it to me."

Diao Chan nodded, turned his head to look at Lin Lin who was sleeping, couldn't help frowning, sighed, and said, "Hey, Lin'er is so pitiful, she was born without ......."

Lin Nan suddenly interrupted Diao Chan's words, his face became gloomy, and he said sharply: "Remember, Lin Lin will be your son in the future, and you must never say that he is pitiful again!" From now on, if anyone dares to say half a word again, I will never spare it! ”

Diao Chan felt speechless, and hurriedly said: "The concubine knows the mistake, the concubine knows the mistake, please be gracious." ”

Lin Nan didn't say anything, got up and walked outside, before leaving, he glanced at Diao Chan and Lin Lin, and thought to himself: "It seems that Cicada has never regarded Lin Lin as her own, if Cicada has another son in the future, then Lin Lin will not be pampered like now, I have to think of a way." Lin'er, I won't let you lose your mother since you were a child, absolutely not. ”

"You take good care of them, I still have something to do, go first." After saying this, Lin Nan turned around and walked outside, without looking back, and he was really uncomfortable in his heart.

He first went to the Tai Hospital, asked Zhang Zhongjing to prescribe some prescriptions for Diao Chan to stabilize the fetus, and then went to see the Military Medical College, through the window, he saw that Hua Tuo was teaching the military doctors about surgical knowledge and the theory of surgery, and immediately felt very relieved.

Since Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo were successively transmitted by him to Huaxia Kingdom, Zhang Zhongjing, who was in the Department of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, was arranged in Tai Hospital, as the director of Tai Hospital, under the command of 300 doctors, and taught them knowledge, and when they completed their studies, they let this group of apprentices go to various parts of Huaxia to open medical centers to treat incurable diseases for the local people.

At first, the boss was reluctant to come and was forced to come, and after coming to Jicheng, Lin Nan summoned all the military doctors and followed Hua Tuo to learn surgical knowledge. and let Hua Tuo serve as the dean of the Military Medical College. Specially trained military medical talents for Huaxia, and later, under Lin Nan's soft grinding and hard bubbles, he moved Hua Tuo and let Hua Tuo teach him publicly.

Tai Hospital and Military Medical College have become teaching institutions on a par with Juxianguan and Beiwutang Military Academy, laying the foundation for cultivating usable military talents in the future.

In the evening. Lin Nan changed his outfit, brought a gift, and took a few entourages to go straight to Jia Xu's mansion.

At this time, Jia Xu put on the lights, but he made Jia Xu's birthday look enough, and Jia Xu waited outside the house early in the morning, standing in the snow, freezing. Looking forward to it.

In the twilight, Lin Nan drove quietly in the twilight on a soft sedan chair.

When Jia Xu saw Lin Nan coming, his face showed a hint of joy, and several people instructed his subordinates: "Go and get the young lady ready, be sure to dress up." ”

"No!"

Jia Xu tidied up his clothes, went straight to him, and said loudly: "Minister Jia Xu, knock to see Your Majesty." Hooray, hooray, hooray! ”

The sedan chair stopped, and Lin Nan walked out of the sedan chair. hurriedly picked up Jia Xu, who was kneeling on the ground, and said: "Aiqing, this is not above the court, this kind of kneeling ceremony will be exempted." ”

Jia Xu said: "The emperor is the emperor after all, and the subordinates are still the subordinates." This is the general ethics, and it must not be transgressed, and if the minister does not practice this etiquette, there will inevitably be criticism. Now His Majesty serves as the Privy Councillor, and is deeply favored by the emperor. In the eyes of outsiders, the minister is already a powerful minister under one person and above ten thousand people, and the minister does not want to leave a truth. ”

"What a careful boat for ten thousand years, I just like you, you are not arrogant, you always seem to be walking on thin ice, you are really a model for the ministers." Lin Nan said happily.

"Your Majesty just wants to do your best to be a good minister, and Your Majesty doesn't want future generations to point fingers at your ministers a hundred years later. It's freezing outside, please hurry up and enter the house, the minister has already asked people to prepare His Majesty's favorite wine, and also prepare His Majesty's favorite dishes. ”

"Well, let's go." Lin Nan was in front, Jia Xu followed behind, and the group entered Jiafu.

Jia Xu is the fifth lieutenant of the Privy Council, but the mansion is not very luxurious, he is an official, not a businessman, and he doesn't have much money, so many things are very simple, and he also advocates frugality, which also makes Lin Nan appreciate it very much.

After entering the hall, Lin Nan sat on the upper seat as a matter of course, and took a look at the hall It was not very lively, except for a few subordinates, there were only the guards he brought, and there were no other ministers.

"You all stand down, I have something to say to Lord Taiwei."

Lin Nanping stepped back and said softly: "I remember Aiqing's birthday was last month, why did it happen again today?" Is there something that can only be said to me? ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, in his impression, he didn't seem to have mentioned his birthday to Lin Nan, it seemed to be said unintentionally, but he didn't expect that Lin Nan could remember it so clearly when he said it inadvertently.

He smiled and said, "Your Majesty, last month was indeed my birthday, but this month is also, because this month is a leap month, so this year, the minister will have two birthdays." ”

Since Lin Nan came to this era, the months that have been used in his environment have been the lunar calendar, although the year of the Common Era is now used, but the specific month and day he cannot calculate, so he has been using the lunar calendar. If you want to achieve the complete unification of the Common Era, you can only know it after you have contact with the West, because the Common Era is clear to Westerners, not unique to Middle-earth.

However, Lin Nan has long been accustomed to the lunar calendar, and the summer, autumn and winter divided into the lunar calendar are indeed very accurate, but as a modern person, he is still used to using the AD era, and in the current society, only the older generation really uses the lunar calendar to live. What Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are all calculated by the lunar calendar, but they are also a major feature of the East.

Although the difference between "leap month" and "leap year" is only one word, the meanings contained are very different.

After listening to this, Lin Nan remembered that this month was a leap October, not November. One is negligence, almost making a big fuss, otherwise wouldn't it be one month less a year?

"Lord Taiwei gave me a wake-up call, and in my memory, I thought this month was November."

Jia Xu said: "It doesn't matter, as long as the ministers have a good heart, and the official documents that are issued now are all from leap October." However, His Majesty does have something he wants to talk about to His Majesty, and it is inconvenient to talk about it in the court during the day, so he can only bring it up to His Majesty in this way. ”

"What's so mysterious? You just say it! ”

Jia Xu bowed first. Then he said: "It's about the marriage of His Majesty......"

"Marriage?"

"Yes, now that His Majesty has ascended the throne as the emperor, the ministers are very sad about the death of the princess, but as the king of a country, there are only two people in the harem, the queen and the concubine, which is inevitably a little less. The ministers are planning for His Majesty and for the country, and they all feel that His Majesty should choose a few more concubines to enrich the harem and spread out for His Majesty. ”

After Lin Nan heard this, he couldn't help but secretly think: "This kind of thing the ministers also have to ask?" ”

Jia Xu continued: "Your Majesty, the minister also knows that the death of the princess must have left a big shadow on His Majesty, and now the queen and the concubine each have a little prince. His Majesty is really tired, and he should find a few more concubines to serve His Majesty's daily life, so that His Majesty can soothe his mood. Nowadays, the whole country is united, Jizhou is slightly stable, but it is also striving for further prosperity, and the Central Plains is also becoming more stable. After a long period of fighting, it is time to enjoy a few years of family fun. When the country is strong. Wave a million, sweep the eight wildernesses, and dominate the world, which will inevitably get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Lin Nandao: "You don't have to be in such a hurry, right? ”

"Hurry! Really urgent! Now the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty want to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, and there are countless beauties to be married in the family, according to what the ministers know. There are no less than sixty-seven families, this is still known to the minister, and the minister may not know more. So much so that many people's eyes were staring at His Majesty's harem, and it was rumored that there would be no more marriages in the entire Jicheng for several months, and many men were still singles. In the long run, it will inevitably affect the population problem of Huaxia. His Majesty encourages more children and more children, but now that this phenomenon has appeared, how can men be embarrassed? ”

After Lin Nan heard this, he was embarrassed for a while, he didn't expect his charm to be so great, and he actually provoked the girls in the entire Jicheng City to be reluctant to marry, and moved his eyes to his harem. However, he was soon able to understand Jia Xu's intentions, which was to let him marry a few concubines quickly, stabilize the harem first, and calm down those who were delusional, which would also save some time and cause some crimes.

"I understand what you mean, but now that I have ascended the throne as emperor, who doesn't want to marry their daughter to me to enjoy glory and wealth. However, how did they know that my harem was only a little stronger than that of ordinary rich families, and even Shisun Rui's family was not comparable. ”

Jia Xu said: "But outsiders don't know that it is precisely because the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces first drove this kind of atmosphere that it will spread more and more, so that the daughters of rich and poor families in the city will not marry for the time being, and they will refuse to come to the door to propose marriage." If it goes on like this, it will definitely not work, so his majesty tried his best to let His Majesty marry a few more concubines. For example, the daughter of Taiwei Lu's family is very good, and she is also beautiful......"

"Do you also know that the daughter of the Lu Zhi family is beautiful? This is the second time I've heard of it. It's a pity that Luohua is deliberately ruthless, and Taiwei Lu doesn't seem to want to climb high......"

"Huh? Why is Captain Lu unwilling? ”

"How do I know, people just don't want to anyway, maybe they think that once they enter the palace, it's like the sea, in short, they don't want to, and I don't have that mood, and I haven't seen it, and my personal preferences are different."

Jia Xu let out an "oh", with a sly smile on his face, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, there is a daughter under the courtiers, who can be said to have the appearance of a sinking fish and a wild goose, no worse than the cicada concubine, I don't know if Your Majesty is willing to see it?" ”

"I've known you for so long, haven't I heard you have a daughter?"

"It's not my daughter, it's a minister...... In short, she is a beautiful woman, and she is to be dedicated to His Majesty. ”

"In that case, I'll see you."

Jia Xu smiled, turned around and shouted loudly outside, "Miss Lanlan, please!" ”

An order was given, and after a short time, I saw a woman in exotic clothes walking in from outside the hall, with a veil on her face, and as soon as she entered the hall, she saluted Lin Nan and Jia Xu: "See the two adults." ”

Lin Nan glanced at the woman named Lan Lan, and saw that she was dressed very explicitly, and she was still wearing a summer skirt in this winter, how did she look like a modern belly dancer, with just the right figure, an unbearable waist, a small part that was towering and pills that wanted to tear her clothes and fly, and her slender and straight legs, no matter which part of her body, gave people great medicine.

He had been in this world for so long, and it was the first time he had seen people dressed so openly, and at the same time, he also concluded that this woman was definitely not from the Central Plains, but from the northwest. Because when she spoke, she obviously had a northwest accent, and she was a woman in the Qin Liang area.

"Han women will never dress like this, your accent is biased towards the Liangzhou area, but Qiang women will not dress like this, I guess. You should be from the Western Regions. Lin Nan guessed.

Lan Lan giggled, her eyes curved into an arc, and said, "My lord is really good eyesight, Na Lan is indeed from the Western Soil, but my lord is half right." ”

"What's your name Nalan? This last name shouldn't be here, right? "Lin Nan is still clear about this surname, Nalan is the surname of the Jurchens, at this time, there is not even the tribe of Mengu, where did the Jurchens come from?

Lan Lan smiled: "Lord Qiyu." Lan Lan is called Nalan, and there is no more behind Nalan. ”

Lin Nan suddenly realized that Lan Lan was a person from an ethnic minority, and the name of a person from an ethnic minority was definitely different from that of a Han person. He saw that Nalan kept calling him Lord, and it was estimated that Jia Xu did not tell her that he was the emperor, so there was something interesting, so he asked with a smile: "Oh." I'm overthinking. So why did I only guess half right? ”

"Because I am a Qiang person, but half of my body is also the blood of the Western Regions. So the adults only guessed half right. ”

"Hahaha, I see." Lin Nan laughed and asked, "Can you take off the veil and let me see what you look like?" ”

"If you're a man, I'll take it off."

Jia Xu snickered over there. This answer is exactly what he meant.

Lin Nan also looked embarrassed and asked, "Is there any point in this veil?" ”

"Yes, as long as anyone dares to marry me, I will take off the veil for him. Because I'm so good-looking. When many men see me, they will kill each other to fight for me, and I have already had seventeen husbands die on their wedding night, either poisoned or killed, in short, I am the life of a Kefu......" Speaking of this, Nalan couldn't help but cry, and at the same time unabashedly revealed why his seventeen husbands died mysteriously on their wedding night.

Although Nalan is the younger sister of Naliang, the king of Qiang, Xiqiang has rules, and the woman who marries out is the water that is spilled, and her mother's family has nothing to do with her, and whether she lives or dies outside has nothing to do with her family. Therefore, Nalan has seventeen husbands in a year, and the husbands are all brave and ruthless Qiang people, fighting for Nalan's beauty, but every time the strong will die mysteriously on the wedding night, so that Nalan has no man, according to local customs, there can be men to fight again.

It is worth mentioning that Nalan's seventeenth husband was not stabbed to death, nor was he poisoned, but he should be so happy, finally no one dared to rob Nalan with him, and he couldn't control the joy in his heart for a while, and when he was about to climb Nalan on the wedding night, he was so happy that he died, which was really a big miracle. Since then, no one dares to fight for Nalan anymore, and the legend of Kefu has made Nalan like a monster and has to return to his parents' house to live temporarily.

Nalan mentioned these things to Jia Xu, Jia Xu was deeply sympathetic, and inadvertently saw Nalan's beauty and Pang Dexin's strong recommendation, so he decided to dedicate this woman to Lin Nan.

"Kefu? I don't believe in Kefu, you take off your veil, let me see your face. ”

"Take off your veil and marry me, do you really want to marry me?"

Lin Nan also understood Jia Xu's thoughts, and felt that Jia Xu's intentions were good, and the purpose was to let himself find a few concubines to temporarily stabilize the harem, and the candidate Jia Xu was looking for would definitely not be bad, at least he would not find an ugly girl to harm him, so he said: "Well, I'll marry you." ”

So, Nalan took off her veil and revealed her face.

When Lin Nan saw Nalan for the first time, he was shocked by her appearance, the beauty was indescribable. Judging from today's aesthetics, Nalan is a typical Western-style beauty, and the contours of her face, nose, and skin color are all unique to Westerners. I couldn't help but lose my voice: "What a beautiful ......"

Jia Xu saw that Lin Nan was tempted by Nalan, and he was also very happy in his heart, in this way, Nalan would inevitably become Lin Nan's concubine, and if he picked a few more, he could stabilize the harem and dispel the thoughts in some people's hearts.

So, he judged the situation and took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, that Lan Mei is like a fairy, and she happens to be the concubine of Your Majesty, so it is better to choose a good day......"

Lin Nan didn't wait for Jia Xu to finish speaking, then interrupted him and said, "Then leave it to Lord Taiwei to handle." ”

Jia Xu smiled, motioned for Nalan to retreat with his eyes, and then said to Lin Nan: "Your Majesty, the minister still has something to do." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to talk about it."

Jia Xu said loudly: "Now that the Huaxia Kingdom has been built at the beginning, a hundred ruins are waiting to be rebuilt, and His Majesty has expanded the army by 200,000. However, it was not possible to gather armaments and weapons for a while, and the production of weapons and armaments should be expanded, and the original steel mills could not supply them, and the time and effort required to forge steel was far greater than that of iron smelting. He thought that several steel mills should also be built in the Central Plains to make up for this shortcoming. ”

The strength of the Huaxia Kingdom. Part of the reason is reflected in the high level of smelting, the steel weapons that are refined are almost every soldier has a hand, although the steel cost of steel armor is really huge, not everyone has to wear, but at least one-third of the soldiers are wearing steel armor to fight.

Lin Nan knew very well that such weapons and armor were already great in such an era. If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. That's it.

"Well, yes, tomorrow you can give an order to the Ministry of Industry, first explore the place where there is iron ore in the Central Plains, and build the steel mill on the edge of the iron ore, which is conducive to transportation, and there are many coal mines in the Central Plains, which can be described as unique. The steel mill can definitely be built. ”

"No!"

Afterwards, the two of them chatted while eating. It has been a long time since I sat down and talked quietly like this, but the relationship between the two of them has become closer.

The next day, Lin Nan immediately ordered the Ministry of Industry to let Wen Liang, a waiter of the Ministry of Industry and a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, preside over the construction of a steel mill in the Central Plains.

In the following days, Lin Nan gradually became busy, what were he busy with. is busy with the matter of choosing a concubine, Nalan is a stable choice, but according to Jia Xu's opinion, it has to go through a formality. As a result, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty sent their daughters to Lin Nan one after another. for their choice. As a result, Lin Nan carefully selected and finally chose Jia Wen, the daughter of Jia Xu.

Jia Wen is Nalan, Lin Nan specially asked Jia Xu to recognize Nalan as a righteous daughter, and renamed Nalan Jia Wen, in this way, Lin Nan and Jia Xu are equivalent to marriage, and Jia Xu has also become Lin Nan's father-in-law, whether it is in the stable harem or in the court, Jia Xu has become a person who fights against Cai Yong, and it is also recognized that one person is above ten thousand people.

In fact, this was ordered by Lin Nan, and he had to weigh the powerful in the court, and although Jia Xu was called "Poisoner" and "Jia Papi", he had no ambition and was the most loyal to himself, so he was relieved to leave the matter to him, and Jia Xu was not that kind of minister.

In 19 A.D., on the 23rd of the 10th month of the leap month, Lin Nan, who had just ascended the throne as the emperor, officially accepted a concubine on this day and threatened not to accept a concubine in the future, which made those women who were looking forward to marrying disappointed. So, in the next month, Jicheng will have a series of marriages, which will also make this harsh winter full of winter willow buds.

In the early days, when all around were shining and gradually cracking, the thick moisture of the melting snow could already smell the smell of the warm earth, and where the snow had melted, under the slanting sun, the larks sang innocently, rushing from one valley to another with a pleasant noise and roar.

In the early weather, the land of the Central Plains was in full swing, the people were busy with farm work, and the army was busy with training, all full of vitality.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

In a military camp outside Xiangnan City, 3,000 foot soldiers were practicing assassination with spears, and a boy in leather armor was holding a wooden knife and practicing slashing on the side.

"Whew!"

The slash of the wooden knife produced an air current, and there was a whirring sound, and the little boy was sweating like rain and panting, but he had no intention of stopping to rest.

"The knife must be fast, the knife must be steady, the slash must be ruthless, the attack must be accurate, remember these four points, and practice diligently!" A burly man sitting on the edge of the tent watched the little boy wield a knife and kept scolding.

"No!" The boy struggled to brush the knife, his arm was almost unable to lift up, the knife style was slightly wrong, the burly man picked up the whip and began to stab him, although the force was not very heavy, but for the child, it was indeed a shame.

"Smack!"

The big man raised his hand and stabbed a whip, but instead of stabbing the little boy's body, he stabbed it on the ground, leaving a long whip mark on the ground.

"Hand up! Just like you, still expect to go into battle and kill the enemy? I really don't understand what the tun chief thinks, just let me cook on the fire, and let me take a child with me. The big man scolded in front and complained in the back, with an extremely unhappy expression on his face, staring at the soldiers who were training, envious.

The little boy glanced at the big man, threw the wooden knife to the ground, and shouted: "If you don't practice, you're tired, practice like this every day, no matter how you practice, you won't be made up, just burn the fire and cook." ”

"Ma Yi! You little bunny, you dare to pick on me? You've been learning the knife technique for a few days, and your wings are stiff, aren't they? When the big man saw the boy pat his ass and walk into the big tent, he hurriedly stood up and shouted and scolded from behind.

The boy's name is Ma Yi, but that is his pseudonym, his real name is Sima Yi, and the word Zhongda. Since Sima Yi joined the army last year, because of his young age, he has not been able to enter the regular army, and he has always been a supernumerary.

Here, Sima Yi met this man named Deng Xiang, Deng Xiang is a few years older than Sima Yi, a native of Runan, originally participated in the selection of military attachés, but unfortunately missed the time on the way because of some things, came late, and finally could only join the army, so he became a pawn, and was assigned to the head of the army.

"You brag all day long about how powerful your sword skills are, but you only taught me these four knives, for three days in a row, I have slashed more than a thousand times of those four knives, and you don't teach me new ones, and I am tired of practicing. Look at those people, they have a whole set of marksmanship. Sima Yi pointed to the three thousand foot soldiers who were practicing on the school field, and said to Deng Xiang impatiently.

"You know the! This is for you to practice the basics again. Do you know how long my father let me practice those four swords when I practiced the sword? A whole year! One year! These four knives are the foundation of the Deng family's knife technique, only if the foundation is laid, and then practiced, it will get twice the result with half the effort. ”

"I don't understand!"

"Nonsense! If you understand, you can still use me to teach you knife skills? You're a little kid, you haven't grown all your hair, and you still want to learn how to fight? With your body, it's just right to practice my Deng family's knife technique. But you're smarter than me, you can practice for half a year, and after half a year, I'll hand over the sword technique to you! ”

"I'll hand it in now, I've practiced so well that I can't be familiar with it! Also, I'm not a little kid, my name is Ma Yi, and I have a name and a surname! Sima Yi is now the most taboo for others to treat him as a child, he has been in the barracks for almost several months, and with these rough men, it is inevitable that he will also be affected, so that his personality has also undergone some changes, from a taciturn, young and old child gradually changed to a rough type.

It is really close to Zhu and red and black to ink, and children are really the most vulnerable to external influences in the stage of raising and growing up.

"You want to learn, right, I won't teach you, hahaha!"

"It's not that you don't teach, it's that you don't dare to teach, I'm afraid that after I learn, I'll defeat you, right?"

"You are talking nonsense, you want to defeat me even if you are like this? Teach and teach, and you are looking for your own hardships. ”

Saying that, Deng Xiang walked out of the tent, picked up the wooden knife from the edge of the tent, and began to wave the wooden knife, only to hear the wooden knife dancing and whirring, Deng Xiang's knife wind whistling, and the dancing moves were also fierce and abnormal.

Sima Yi was fascinated when he watched on the side, and thought to himself: "This Deng Xiang is really a general, but unfortunately he is here, I will definitely promote him in the future!" ”

After a set of knife skills was danced, Deng Xiang put away his posture and said to Sima Yi: "See? ”

"See!"

"How?"

"Not how?"

Deng Xiang was so angry that he was about to vomit blood, and said angrily: "Not good? Can you dance like me? ”

"No, but it doesn't mean that you're very powerful, if you can beat Linghu Shao, it means that you're very powerful." Sima Yi said unhurriedly.

"I won't be fooled by you, you are stupid to me, how can General Linghu be beaten casually? If I were ......" (To be continued......